IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE DISEASE AFFECTS EACH PERSON DIFFERENTLY
Early Stage Signs and Symptoms
- Short term memory loss
- loss of focus/concentration
- Disorganized
- Taking longer with normal daily tasks
- Trouble handling money/paying bills
- Difficulty walking
- Depression
Middle Stage Signs and Symptoms
- Increase memory loss
- Increase loss of focus
- Does not recognise family and friends
- Disorientation to time and place
- Difficulty with language and problems with reading, writing and numbers
- Personality changes
- Inappropriate outbursts
- Loss of inhibition
- Repetition of movements/statements
- Bowel and bladder incontinence
- Disrupted sleep patterns
- Visual-spatial problems
- Sadness or depression
Late Stage Signs and Symptoms
- Dependent for all care
- Totally incontinent
- Inability to communicate verbally
- Weight loss
- Increased sleep
- Difficulty swallowing
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE DISEASE AFFECTS EACH PERSON DIFFERENTLY
Early Stage Signs and Symptoms
Middle Stage Signs and Symptoms
Late Stage Signs and Symptoms
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